Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: I often see weird doll heads and faces for sale at craft shops and thrift stores, but I’ve never known how to use them in my crafting. This adorable vintage-style Valentine pixie banner from Amy_B gives me lots of inspiration!
A panel used by [script] 25C3 is underway and includes excellent presentations. Via hackaday, here’s some coverage of “Solar-powering your Geek Gear:” [script] selected a four segment folding solar panel after some research. he pointed out that solar is currently more of a necessity technology than money saving since the panels can be very expensive. […]
Here’s the winner of the quick “What you’re making in 2009” contest, send me a note Brent to collect your prize, a Maker’s Notebook! Posted by: Brent on January 1, 2009 at 11:07 AM Resolving to Complete my Solenoid Project I’m resolving to complete my solenoid project this year. Scavenged dishwasher solenoids and assembled a […]
Looking for a better reason to have that high powered phone on your hip? How about saving the world, or saving yourself? The applications are designed to change people’s behavior for the better, said Sunny Consolvo, one of UbiFit’s creators. In a three-month field experiment, people using UbiFit with the background display kept up their […]
Craftster user Wildanimus improvised this freehand cherry blossom cross-stitch piece. I love how she made the design extend across three embroidery hoops, and the seed bead detail in the middle of each blossom is a lovely touch as well.
John is working on a one wheeled self-balancing skateboard project and he’s just posted a how-to! After reading a Make magazine article on the self balancing unicycle of Trevor Blackwell I thought about trying to build a one wheeled skateboard style device. I then found a self balancing skateboard on the net built by Ben […]
Only one more day until the Make: television show premieres! These photos of me and Bill Gurstelle are from the VCR Cat Feeder we built for the first episode. Here’s a look at how we scripted the segment: The process of writing the scripts for the Maker Workshop segments was pretty organic. Executive Producer Richard […]
